"Plans
provide for laying down two nuclear-powered submarines - one Yasen-class
and the other Borei-class - in 2016. As for their names, Russian Navy
commander names ships in an order. No document like that has been received
by the shipyard yet," he said without offering the dates of laying
down the submarines.

The seventh Project 955 nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine
(SSBN) will be called Emperor Alexander III, Budnichenko confirmed.
Earlier, a source in the Russian Naval Staff had mentioned the name.
"The ship has been named Emperor Alexander III by order of Russian
Navy Commander-in-Chief Viktor Chirkov," he said.

Sevmash’s director general did not give the firm date when the
SSBN would be laid down, but said that it would be on the eve of the
day the shipyard was established on - December 21.

The Project 955 SSBNs are fourth-generation nuclear-powered submarines
designed to destroy strategic targets and accomplish tactical missions,
e.g. to sink surface combatants and submarines. They embody the latest
shipborne radio electronics advances and solutions improving the hull’s
hydrodynamics and slashing the acoustic signature. Their main armament
is the advanced R-30 Bulava missile system with a range exceeding 8,000
km and a multiple individually targeted re-entry vehicle warhead. The
Project 955 submarines carry 16 solid-propellant intercontinental ballistic
missiles. They also are equipped with an emergency rescue chamber designed
to accommodate the whole crew. A submarine in the class has a length
of 170 m, a beam of 13.5 m, an operating depth of 450 m and a crew of
107.